Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
TM Marie got us started with an invocation by Walt Whitman. TM Pam inspired us with Arbor Day topics... we uncovered and discovered that...
* TM The Tom planted a tree when his dear Mother passed away, which still brings back bittersweet memories of his loss.
* TM Aleta plants trees so she can grow her own firewood and spends most of her days watering them. She Won Best Table Topics Award.
* TM Christine currently has a job that requires her to climb a ladder and dust off otherwise unreachable cabinets in newly-remodeled houses.
* Guest TM Vika explained that there are lots of Argentinian woods to walk and discover in Argentina, where she's been living for 10 years.
* TM Veronica described her favorite Argentine tree, the jacaranda, which offers an explosion of lilac coloring to Buenos Aires twice a year.
We had (2) prepared speeches...
* TM Jose made our mouths water with a visual presentation of the scrumptious mid-morning snack in Valencia, Spain, called Esmorzaret. Ah to be Spanish and thin....
* I, TM Ana, described some of the often used but rarely understood hundreds of idioms that color our everyday language. I Won Best Speaker Award.
As far as evaluations...
* TM Veronica - first time evaluator- praised TM Jose's clear, confident voice, the good speech structure and descriptive food language. She asked him to please Fedex her a huge bocadillo for practicing Valencia traditions. She Won Best Evaluator Award. Great job, TM Veronica!
* TM Christine loved my speech, chock-full of idioms, and asked that I stop rustling my notes so close to the microphone or altogether discard them so I can make more hand gestures. Just sayin'....
The Word of the Day was
JOCUND, adj
cheerful, merry, lighthearted
Example: EarlyBirds is a jocund group on any given Thursday morning.
Here's the link to the recording....
Date to Remember: International Speech Contest at EarlyBirds will be held on Thursday, January 29. Get your speeches ready!
See you next week!
Ana I.
Jocund Recap Writer
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